What does greasy mean?
Definitions for greasy
ˈgri si, -zi; ˈgri zi; ˈgri sigreasy
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Princeton's WordNet
greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginousadjective
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
"greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
greasy, oilyadjective
smeared or soiled with grease or oil
"greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"
Wiktionary
greasyadjective
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
greasyadjective
Containing a lot of grease or fat.
greasyadjective
detestable, unethical.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Greasyadjective
Etymology: from grease.
The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy reliques
Of her o’er-eaten faith. William Shakespeare.Even the lewd rabble
Govern’d their roaring throats, and grumbled pity:
I could have hugg’d the greasy rogues; they pleas’d me. Thomas Otway.Buy sheep, and see that they be big-boned, and have a soft, greasy, well curled close wool. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Let’s consult together against this greasy knight. William Shakespeare.
ChatGPT
greasy
Greasy refers to something that is covered, penetrated, or saturated with oil or fat, causing it to be slippery or shiny in appearance. It can also describe food that contains or has been cooked with a lot of fat or oil. Additionally, on a less literal sense, it can describe a person considered untrustworthy or insincere.
Webster Dictionary
Greasy
composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish
Greasy
smeared or defiled with grease
Greasy
like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone
Greasy
fat of body; bulky
Greasy
gross; indelicate; indecent
Greasy
affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2
Etymology: [Compar. Greasier (); superl. Greasiest.]
Wikidata
Greasy
Greasy is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
greasy
Synonymous with dirty weather.
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Anagrams for greasy »
gayers
gyrase
yagers
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of greasy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of greasy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of greasy in a Sentence
Right now my tank is in real need of some love and care. The battery needs to be replaced and the inside is a bit grimy and greasy. but I'm hoping to get it up and running in the next few weeks and there's even the potential to get it road legal.
It was n’t our best game, but it was good to get the win, we dialed it up a notch in the last period. We feel pretty comfortable in those tight games. Tonight was a greasy one to finish that road trip.
The main thing to look out for is keeping body oils off of the external fabric on a down jacket or sleeping bag because that will wreak havoc on the feathers themselves, when you start seeing oil stains, if the fabric feels greasy or if you start to feel big clumps of down in the jacket or sleeping bag baffles, that’s a sign that you should definitely do something quick.
If we can make skin care as easy and delicious as drinking a Red Bull, I thought, people would use it more, people resist putting cream on their skin because they don’t like the greasy feel and smell. Athletes don’t like sunscreen dripping in their eyes.
When I first started studying( the prosperity gospel), it was considered this sort of late-night TV preacher with greasy hair, ripping off a widow in Florida kind of reputation.
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- greixósCatalan, Valencian
- mastnýCzech
- schmierig, rutschigGerman
- grasaEsperanto
- graso, grasoso, grasiento, resbalosoSpanish
- gréisceachIrish
- gordurosoPortuguese
- жирный, сальный, скользкийRussian
- கொழுப்புTamil
- yağlıTurkish
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